PM Modi recollects Nehru, Savarkar, Lohia in his Independence Day speech
PM Modi recollects Nehru, Savarkar, Lohia in his Independence Day speech
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NEW DELHI: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech on August 15, paid tributes to freedom fighters and leaders from across the political spectrum for their contribution in the independence struggle and nation building, including former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Veer Savarkar, Ram Manohar Lohia and others.

On the 76th anniversary of the country's independence, Prime Minister Modi delivered an address to the country from the Red Fort's ramparts, remembering  Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Babasaheb Ambedkar, and Veer Savarkar who spent their lives on the path of duty.

The country also owes gratitude to Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Mangal Pandey, Tatya Tope, and Tatya Tope. Such many revolutionaries, according to Modi, shattered the foundation of British control.

The power of Indian women like Rani Laxmibai, Jhalkari Bai, Rani Chennamma, and Begum Hazrat Mahal  is something of which the people are proud. Indian women symbolise sacrifice and struggle, Modi said.

The Prime Minister praised those who, in addition to fighting for the country's freedom, laboured to construct the nation after Independence, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, among others.  "India has been home to great thinkers like Vivekananda, Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore," he said.

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Deendayal Upadhyaya, Ram Manohar Lohia, Nanaji Deshmukh, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Acharya Vinoda Bhave were among the other individuals to whom  Modi paid honour.

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